The Senate reached a bipartisan deal to vote next week on a package of bills in response to the opioid crisis. The House of Representatives passed bipartisan package of legislation of their own in June.

In both chambers, the proposed legislation does a lot to make Americans safer and save lives. One thing that the Senate package (or the version likely to be voted on) does not do, however, is provide treatment for incarcerated people with opioid substance use disorder. (In the House, a limited measure to provide some treatment via Medicaid coverage prior to release did pass.)